Left Paris this morning heading to the Champagne region. passed through some lovely French villages and of course by many vineyards. Made our way to the town of Épernay, and eventually down Champagne Boulevard, lined with its many Champagne wineries . We stopped at Champagne Mercier. The founder of which was instrumental in bringing Champagne to the world’s Fair. The huge barrel, which contained 200,000 bottles of champagne, was brought form...

Started a busy day with a motor tour of Paris. Our guide Nicholas, who was also our guide for Versailles, provided us with a fantastic tour, and information, as well as the history,of many of the key spots in Paris. Paris is divided by the Seine, either the Left Bank (rive gauche) and the Right Bank (rive droit). The term left and right in politics comes from here. The left bank is made up of more working class, bohemian, artist, and students, where as...

Arrived bright and early this morning to Charles De Galle airport outside Paris. Due to SEVEN international flights arriving at the same time, we had a very long line and wait to be through Border check to get into France. Made it through, and met with a representative of Gate 1 , who arranged for us to get to our hotel in Paris. After checking in with our tour manager, we decided to go to the Musée d’Orsay. Our tour guide Edo advised us that it wa...